Big Wooly Mammoth Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 this seems to be a trend. unfortunately, this one resulted in deaths.http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1039255--4-dead-after-stage-collapses-at-indiana-state-fair?bn=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Horrible accident in what appears to be a trend lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 I'm going to be working on two stages at an outodoor festival in less than two weeks. Needless to say I think I am going to be a bit jumpy if any weather blows in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Crazy shit going on lately it seems. I read reports from someone who knew someone working there and there may be 5 dead, and something like 24 or so people taken to hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 facking hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 geezuz. the video at this link is very clear, unbelievable and disturbing. you may not want to see it this way.I'm having a hard time understanding how this has happened so frequently this year. http://mashable.com/2011/08/14/sugarland-stage-collapse-video/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentlemonkey Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Holy Shit.. that is terrible... and definitely really weird that we're seeing this for the third time this summer. sad stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Wow. I can honestly say in all my years I have never once been afraid/even thought about a stage collapsing down on me/anyone else around. Things have changed. Terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 I'm having a hard time understanding how this has happened so frequently this year. Tungsten explained to me last night that the stages that have been collapsing are the new style that are hoisted into place by a crane with poles going into the ground for support. Most stages used now and in the past decade are a "transformer" type that actually arrive on, and 'grow' out from the tractor trailer. The weight of both the trailer and the hydraulics give the stage much more strength and these are the ones that have not been falling. Only the two main stages at Bluesfest were this type, the others were the trailer types and suffered no damage.I for one, was very very glad to hear this news as I'll literally be on or within 50 yards of the trailer types at Folk Fest for 4 straight days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Not to mention us humans are fucking up the world and Mother Nature is pissed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Gruvsten Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 yup - those crane hoisted stages are the culprit in every catastrophe so far - Stick with the Stagelines!! These are the ones that are indesctructible - at Bluesfest i'm 99% sure all the rest of the stages were Stagelines - even the soundbooths/FOH. Here is the big daddy- i think this was the left hand main stage at Bluesfest: The other problem? 80% of your PA is flown now in line arrays - no more ground stacking. So between that and the lighting rigs(which are big heavy movers now, not light aluminum par cans) you've got all this deadweight that once helped, will pull the whole thing down for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 OMG. That is unbelievably tragic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 ANOTHER ONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 At least two people are dead from the stage collapse in Belgium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 is this a fuckin' conspiracy or an epidemic of bad engineering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 I just found out this weekend that this disaster hits closer to home. A friend of a friends wife was critically injured in the collapse. Here is some more info and ways to help should you feel like it.http://www.fortheloveofandrea.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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